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Flight of the Falcon Heavy; Flight of the Soul-Spirit. An analogy. Part 1. Subject: Of weights, noises and cargos. Adaptable for classes, conferences or messages. Substantial text with a number of points and applications.

Spanish version of: The tense flight of Starman to the First Orbit. The obligatory flight of the Soul-Spirit to the Frist Landing. Part 2 of the series: Flight of the Falcon Heavy; Flight of the Soul-Spirit. An analogy.

Flight of the Falcon Heavy

Flight of the Soul-Spirit

An analogy

Part 2

Tense Flight of Starman to the First Orbit

The Obligatory Flight of the Soul-Spirit
to the First Landing

This subject is adaptable for classes, conferences or sermons

Starman the astronaut at the wheel of the Tesla Roadster, within the cargo chamber of the Falcon Heavy.

We interpret this graphic as the passing of the Soul-Spirit through spatial dimensions in its flight from the lifeless physical body on planet Earth to the First Celestial Landing.

Substantial text with a number of points and applications

The sequence of graphics and texts with exegesis and applications

The title of this series is the “Flight of the Falcon Heavy” and the “Flight of the Soul-Spirit.” It appears at the foot of the image, and between the two clauses of the title is “Analogy (2),” thus identifying Part 2 of the Analogy being developed.

The subject of Part 2 is not registered in the image. It is “The Tense Flight of Starman to the First Orbit,” with the counterpart of the Analogy being: “The Obligatory Flight of the Soul-Spirit to the First Celestial Landing.”

Left, lower corner, a photograph of the midnight Cherry-red Tesla Roadster, within the cargo chamber of the Falcon Heavy, and Starman at the wheel of the car.

The Tesla car is the lustrous vehicle Starman would ride into space, propelled by the Falcon Heavy rocket. Now in space, the Tesla will become, sooner or later, Starman”s eternal sarcophagous.

Bottom, right corner area. The photograph of a male lifeless body rests in a coffin.

Analogously, the physical human body is the terrestrial vehicle by means of which the Soul-Spirit moves and manifest itself on planet Earth. These terrestrial vehicles of Souls-Spirits come in different colors, sizes and external characteristics. Surprisingly, no two of them are absolutely alike, not even between “identical” twins. Some stand out for their physical beauty, while the majority are more or less ordinary in appearance and a minority have defects resulting from their original development (congenital defects). Whatever their exterior corporal appearance may be, each one is a fascinating marvel, for it possesses animal LIFE and a very powerful physical brain! These things Starman, Tesla and Falcon Heavy do not possess. With the exception of those that come with imperfections or malfunctions due to the development process in the womb, each one is capable of executing thousands of different movements, many thousands, even hundreds of thousands of times, and, in some cases, millions of times, without any need of mechanical motors. For example, audibly pronounce millions of words, consume seventy tons of food (on average) or walk tens of thousands of miles during a lifetime in material dimensions.

Just like the Tesla car, these terrestrial vehicles meet their end in the material universe. To the present time (February, 2018), all that have ceased to function (less two: those of Enoch and Elijah) came to that fate on the surface of planet Earth, with the exception of those that were destroyed in the atmosphere around the planet as the result of mechanical failures in airplanes, planes and helicopters shot down in wars or exploded by terrorists, and accidents suffered by space vehicles. Even these fell to the surface of the planet. If humans colonize Mars, their physical bodies will, in time, cease to function there, unless they return to Earth before that inevitable event. Of course, there are humanists so positive about their kind that one day they may learn to maintain, so they project, their material-carnal vehicles functioning forever.

There have been around 15 or 16 billion of these terrestrial vehicles on the face of planet Earth to the present, so say some who specialize in the history of human populations. Each one of them is a billion times more complicated than the Falcon Heavy rocket, the Tesla Roadster, Starman and the whole launch system, including all the computers and digital programs used to design them, set them to functioning and control them. Today, each one of these terrestrial vehicles, with its Soul-Spirit on board, continues to function during an average of 77 years.

Starman, being nothing more than a lifeless mannequin, is totally unable to appreciate the fantastic differences between, on the one hand, he himself, his transport vehicle, the Tesla Roadster, his propulsion system, the Falcon Heavy, and, on the other, the Soul-Spirit and its incredible terrestrial vehicle, the physical human body.

Amazingly, as well as troublingly, neither is the magnitude of these differences appreciated to a high degree by perhaps most of the humans who built and launched into space the Tesla car and its chauffeur, Mr. Starman, nor multitudes of people who applauded such an accomplishment. They give more importance to Starman’s trip and his Tesla than to the trip of the Soul-Spirit in its terrestrial vehicle, the physical body, through earthly surroundings, and the Flight of the Soul-Spirit, once becoming functionless and irreparable its terrestrial vehicle.

Not a few do not even believe they are Souls-Spirits, conceiving of themselves as animals, no more. This impoverished, materialistic perception that such humans embrace and nourish greatly reduces the dignity, nobleness and right conduct of the human race in general, contributing to its moral-social-psychological-spiritual degeneration. An evil that erupts in weak, unstable minds as explosions of uncontrolled wrath, homicides and mass killings, as, for example, those occurring in these times with truly terrifying frequency in schools and other public venues.

The text above the Tesla car. Starman, the mannequin, dressed as an astronaut: the solitary passenger.

A mannequin the size of a normal man, dressed in an astronaut’s suit made by SpaceX for human beings.

Elon Musk’s vision, and that of SpaceX, the company started by him, goes far beyond simply taking cargos to the International Space Station o placing military, scientific and commercial satellites in orbit. They propose to offer flights to the Moon for “space tourists” willing to pay the very high cost of the trip, and, also, in the not so distant future, take groups of humans to the planet Mars.

It might turn out they can colonize Mars. Be it Mars, Ceres or any other place out there in material space, unless they can find one equipped with the same essential conditions for human life as here on Earth, they will have to duplicate and maintain those conditions for the survival of any humans who would go out there to live.

The natural habitation for humans is this beautiful, stupendous planet Earth. While it is generally not worthwhile to cite Bible texts for mocking unbelievers, we would like to bring forward, for those who are not, the eloquent declarations of Paul of Tarsus addressed by him to the atheistic or skeptical philosophers, as well as those believing in some kind of supreme intelligence, god, gods, goddesses, demons, demiurges, etc., that congregated in the Athens of the 1st Century to pass the time expounding, each one, his own theses. In the Areopagus, surrounded by impressive structures and sculptures, including the elegant Temple of Athens, and by many illustrious intellects of that age, Paul boldly proclaimed:

“God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings…” (Acts 17:24-26).

It is thus then, that, according to the “Lord of heaven and earth,” the habitation He assigned to “every nation of men” is, precisely, the earth.”

Before the beginning of the universe, when God created the angels, he prepared for them “their own abode.” Not content with “their proper domain,” Lucifer, also known as the Serpent of Old, Satan, the Devil and the Fiery Red Dragon, together with his sympathizers, “left” it. In consequence of their audacious boldness, they are “reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day” (Jude 1:6).

Similarly, today, many from the different “nations of men” are obsessed with leaving the Earth to explore space in search of another place, or places, where they might establish themselves. Are they proceeding against the will of God? From Paul’s statement, it would, indeed, seem so. In this context, the question is not “can they do it,” for, technically, one day they may be able to. Rather, the spiritual conundrum would be: Would the Creator consider that a violation of His divine directives? Lucifer and his angelic compatriots did leave “their proper domain,” and, by inference, went somewhere else. That act was interpreted by the Creator as a sin so grave, a lack of respect so brazen, a treason so dangerous to divine authority and order, that the culprits are chained in darkness, awaiting their final sentencing. Of course, Darwinian evolutionists, atheistic engineers, humanists of all stripes and vulgar revilers against God driven by their animal passions would laugh at these “ridiculous concerns,” if they ever read or heard them. Time will certainly tell whose concerns are legitimate: theirs or ours.

Of one thing we can be sure: They are spending enormous sums of money and using great amounts of other resources in their determination to bring their visions and desires to fruition. Funds and resources that could well have been used to better many, many critical, even shameful, situations on Earth. For example, endemic hunger and undernourishment in some regions of the globe, general ignorance of hygiene and health among the masses in wide areas, destructive exploitation of resources vital for human survival, elimination of terrible vices such as drug abuse, improvement and expansion of basic infrastructures, etc.

I also respectfully affirm that the obsessed with leaving Earth who exclude the “Lord of heaven and earth” from their plans and projects, together with all other humanists, Darwinian evolutionists, atheists and skeptics of all kinds who do likewise, do cast aside the high dignity of possessing and displaying in their conduct the nature of God which was theirs before their rejection of Him. Taking off on their own without the slightest consideration of the Creator, His plans for humanity and good will toward us, they follow in the steps of Lucifer and the rest of the fallen angels. While they may well establish themselves on “another world” of the vast material universe, their moral-social-emotional-psychic-spiritual evils will surely follow them, as will also physical death! And, then?

However far away unbelieving human beings may get from planet Earth, the “Lord of heaven and earth” will always be watching them. For certain, they do not believe it, as they do not believe or understand many things, since their natural-earthly-carnal side dominates and entirely blacks out their spiritual side, their Soul-Spirit. A situation they could well rectify by coming back to their senses, recapacitating and opening themselves up to realities and truths hidden from their knowledge and understanding to the present moment.

Where will you go that the Spirit of God would not be there? Where will you flee to avoid His presence? If you go into space, He will be there. If you take a ride on the Falcon Heavy rocket and it leaves you in a trajectory that will carry you to Mars, Ceres, Neptune or the Orion Nebula, and you get there, He will be there expecting you, although you do not see Him or believe in Him. Of a certainty, the most intense darkness of deepest space will not hide you from His gaze, for even the densest darkness dissolves when He approaches clothed in a powerful, brilliant splendor. For Him, the darkness is as light. (Adaptation of Psalm 139:7-12)

The text at the left of the angel standing beside the deceased in the coffin. The Soul-Spirit is not a lifeless mannequin, nor is it a physical being, but rather a spiritual one, that humans can not destroy, engendered by the Father of spirits.

God is the “Father of spirits” (Hebrews 12:9). According to the context, these “spirits” are those of human beings. Our “spirit” is in first place in the definition of our whole being, “soul and body” following it in order (1 Thessalonians 5:23). “…a spirit does not have flesh and bones,” explains the resurrected Christ to some of His disciples (Luke 24:39). During His earthly ministry, he said to His apostles: “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28).

The text at the right, bottom. Every human being dies once physically, and after that the JUDGMENT.

This teaching is found in Hebrews 9:27-28. “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.”

The deceased in this photograph appears to be a rather young man. Today, the average life span for the physical body on this earth is about 77 years, according to statistics. Nevertheless, we all know Death can cut down at any moment all along the road of life of each and every human being. With less probability in favorable circumstances, but it is always on the prowl. One out of every hundred human beings experiences “Sudden Death,” which can surprise even persons apparently in good health and the peak of life.

The angel to the left of the deceased in the coffin.

The Flight of the Soul-Spirit on which we focus in this image is that of the person who completes “in the Lord” (Revelation 14:13) his trip in the physical body, his modus of transportation in the material dimension. That is, of the person who obeys the message of Jesus Christ, continuing faithful to Him until the moment when his material-carnal vehicle becomes useless. We reserve the rest of the Souls-Spirits for a future image-exposition in this Analogy, God willing.

With reference to the “angels of God,” since they are “ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation” (Hebrews 1:14), we think it well to include them in the image. Invisible to the physical eyes of those “who will inherit salvation,” in how many ways and on how many occasions they providentially minister to each one will be known to us perhaps only over there beyond the death of the physical body. At any rate, it comforts and encourages us to visualize at least one of them -represented visibly in the image, but incorporeal in its natural state, though God the Father could permit it to take the form of a human being- near the faithful Christian at the moment when his material-carnal vehicle breaks completely down. In the image, that moment has already passed, and, therefore, the Soul-Spirit has already left the deceased body, the angel accompanying it.

The graphic of the being, above the deceased, with his arms stretched upward, as if in a state of flight, while he is surrounded by sparkling, varied colored lights.

Above that being and a little to the left, the figure of an angel with his wings open.

Above these two beings, the same pair is replicated in a smaller size to indicate their moving farther and farther away in the Flight of the Soul-Spirit.

Under the being, an ascending way, in blue and rose hues, that gets smaller as it penetrates deeper into the spiritual world.

By means of this group of graphics, we try to artistically and symbolically represent the Flight of the Saved Soul-Spirit from material regions to the First Landing in spiritual regions.

Given that neither the Saved Soul-Spirit that ascends, nor the angel that accompanies it, have material-carnal, physical bodies, the perspicacious student of these subjects will understand that the representation is purely symbolical.

The text at the extreme right, from the bottom up, that says: The Soul-Spirit leaves the dead physical body and is taken to the spiritual place set up for JUDGEMENT. Here, we only wish to observe that questions of distances and times are, in these spiritual contexts, practically irrelevant, as we understand them.

The text at the extreme right, above the previous one, says: Every Soul-Spirit has to ascend. Neither a Tesla nor a Falcon is needed for the trip. There is NODANGER of not arriving. We opt to not further explore these points at this time.

The text almost in the center of the image that says: Flight time? Unknown. Perhaps very short. The observation made above about the possible “irrelevance” of these questions is applicable here.

The text to the right of the Falcon Heavy in full flight and under the photograph at the top of Starman at the wheel of the Tesla, says: Starman in the Tesla. Don’t panic!, reads the plaque near the steering wheel.

The words “Don’t panic!” are clearly visible in the plaque. If Starman had been a real live, human astronaut, he possibly would have felt not a little stress, even something of panic, in this phase of the flight, for Elon Musk himself gave the rocket a 45% or 50% chance of failing. Should that have occurred, it would have meant, with high probability, the death of the astronaut. So then, for Starman, in this phase, a very tense flight!

The text to the left of the Falcon Heavy in full flight. Due to these circumstances, we attribute to the mannequin Starman the exclamations: “Fly, fly, Falcon! Fly up! UP! UP!” Because there was SERIOUS DANGER of NOT reaching the first orbit.

The text almost in the center of the image that says: PANIC? Depends on the preparation.

Analogously, with reference to the Flight of the Saved Soul-Spirit, why would it feel any “panic?” It knows it finished “in the Lord” the phase of its existence in the material world. Now, it is tranquilly flying at ease, confident of landing in a most beautiful celestial place. Besides, it is accompanied by an angel of God, as per our projections. Dutifully prepared for the Flight, it is to be expected all would turn out well.

Friend, what about your own preparation for the flight of the Soul-Spirit? And mine? A flight neither you nor I can refuse to take.

The text at the top of the image, toward the right, that says: First Landing.

The graphic below these two words that represents the arrival of the Saved Soul-Spirit at the First Landing.

The graphic beside the open book.

We do thus visualize, artistically and symbolically, the arrival of the Saved Soul-Spirit at the First Landing in celestial places after successfully completing its sojourn in the material world.

The text at the upper, righthand corner.

At this First Landing, each Soul-Spirit is judged, individually, according to its moral-spiritual conduct and works while on the earth. Bible texts such as 2 Corinthians 5:10 apply. It is deduced that this takes place at a determined moment shortly “after” death, for, from that moment -represented rhetorically as the “First Landing”- each Soul-Spirit leaves either for Paradise, in Hades, o for Tartarus, also in Hades, but separated from Paradise by a “great gulf.” (Luke 16:19-31) Assigning each Soul-Spirit one of these two destinies presupposes the definitive determination of its spiritual status.

Arriving then, the Saved Soul-Spirit -we repeat for emphasis, “saved,” by virtue of having happily completed “in the Lord” the phase of its existence in the material world- the “Book of Life” is consulted and, as a matter of fact, the name corresponding to the Soul-Spirit of our Analogy is right there in the Book. Confirmed in this manner its spiritual status, there is no need for a judicial processing of any kind. On the contrary, the Saved Soul-Spirit is authorized to proceed directly to Paradise. What reason would there be for submitting such a one to judgment, given that he already has eternal life assured by having died “in the Lord?” That is, the physical body died, the Soul-Spirit that occupied it being faithful to God to the very last moment of the life of the body. Effectively answering the question, Jesus Christ says:

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shallnot come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.”(John 5:34 NKJV)

The New International Reader’s Version translates the text as follows:

“What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. They will not be judged. They have crossed over from death to life.”

Of course, the “has eternal life” and “shall not come into judgment” are conditional on maintaining an obedient faith in the One who sent His son Jesus to save the world.

Having been pardoned by Jesus Christ himself, the repentant thief, crucified with Him, would go to Paradise that very day! There is no indication whatsoever that he would need to undergo a spiritual, judicial process before going on to Paradise. Jesus says to him: “Assuredly, I say to you, TODAY you will be with Me in Paradise.” (Luke 23:42-43)

The text under the graphic of the Book of Life. Every hour, 6,392 Souls-Spirits ascend. They ascend to the First Landing. For at this time (February, 2018), 6,392 human beings die EVERY HOUR, according to sources on the Internet! Of course, the hourly number would, no doubt, fluctuate constantly.

How would it be possible to process so many Souls-Spirits? Considering that the human race has, at this time in our history, extremely fast, for us, information processing systems, would not the Almighty God have much faster ones? Would not the Book of Life be totally digital? Or much more sophisticated, with instantaneous access maybe at the speed of light? Likewise, the “books” that contain the records of all human beings to be judged? And does He not have “ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands” of angels to assist Judge Jesus Christ in the processing of the Souls-Spirits to be submitted to judgment? But, we are, after all, trying to force ourselves to understand in temporal-earthly terms scenarios that are celestial-spiritual. It would behoove us, then, to be very cautious with our projections and visualizations.

By far the most important and urgent matter for each and everyone of us is to take all the wise measures within our grasp to assure that, when we leave the deceased mortal, physical body, we go to the First Landing, confident that our name has been registered in the Book of Life.

“Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.”(Acts 2:38-42)

“Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble…” (2 Peter 1:10)

Spanish version of: The tense flight of Starman to the First Orbit. The obligatory flight of the Soul-Spirit to the Frist Landing. Part 2 of the series: Flight of the Falcon Heavy; Flight of the Soul-Spirit. An analogy.

Flight of the Falcon Heavy; Flight of the Soul-Spirit. An analogy. Part 1. Subject: Of weights, noises and cargos. Adaptable for classes, conferences or messages. Substantial text with a number of points and applications.

Studies in the Bible and related subjects. Articles, tracts and Bible class guides. Slides for PowerPoint. PDF's. On this site. Signs of the times today. Prophecies past, present and future. Moral and social issues. Sound doctrine on the divine plan of salvation and the church.